Anatomy of a Try – Mark Bennett vs England 2015
It’s not been the most inspirational Six Nations so far but it has had its moments, and the two games that have jumped out at me the most have been Wales vs Ireland, mainly because of the sheer impact it’s had on the tournament, and Scotland vs England because it was a superb advert for running Rugby in which both teams decided to cut loose and give it a go. It produced Four superb tries the pick of which I think was...
Anatomy of a Try – Mike Haywood vs Bath February 2015
View image | gettyimages.com There is a lot of rugby on at the moment. 6 Nations, Super 15 and the Aviva Premiership and Top 14 means it can be hard to keep up with everything that's going on. A top of the table clash has to be a must watch and thankfully last weekends game between second placed Bath and first place Northampton in the Aviva Premiership was a belter. Both Teams played with some genuine intent, moved the ball...
Anatomy of a Try – Dougie Fife vs France February 2015
View image | gettyimages.com Scotland have endured some tough times over the last decade consistently vying for the wooden spoon alongside Italy. A stark contrast to their glory days in the 90’s where they took a GrandSlam a World Cup semifinal and closed the decade out with the last Five Nations trophy ever. Multiple coaches later Scotland have settled on Vern Cotter as the man to restore their form. Widely regarded as...
Anatomy of a Try – Nathan Hughes vs Sale January 2015
View image | gettyimages.com First of all Happy New Year, and what better way to start it than with an example of some outstanding attacking play resulting in lovely try. So we’re going to have a quick look at a brilliant try from Wasps against Sale from round 12 of the Aviva Premiership. The try is scored from a well worked strike move off first phase ball which is pretty much the holy grail of...
England 2014: Where are England’s ball carriers?
View image | gettyimages.com 12 months is a long time in Rugby Union and it’s not that uncommon to see a well oiled machine start to stutter and splutter. England, whilst not awful, have gone from one of the strongest attacking teams in the Six Nations to a team searching for a spark. Additionally in the four weeks of the Autumn internationals they went from a team looking to put away the SH giants and set out their stall ahead...
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